20 Greatest Summer Blockbusters Ever Made
6. Jurassic Park (1993)
RottenTomatoes Score: 93% (8.3/10)
Box Office: $1.029 billion
Why It's Awesome: It's a film whose success is so self-evident it barely feels like mentioning: Steven Spielberg's sci-fi adventure film took the concept of dinosaurs existing in the modern world and made it a reality with mind-meltingly impressive visual effects and animatronics. In many ways, Jurassic Park is the magic of cinema defined.
That the movie also features a ton of entertaining characters (especially Jeff Goldblum's Dr. Ian Malcolm), a wonderful score and a plethora of sustained suspense sequences is just extra gravy. Spielberg created artificial dinosaurs which never felt less-than-convincing, and even watching the movie nowadays on Blu-ray, it's lost little of its magic, out-doing effects-driven movies still hitting cinemas today.
Even though the sequels to date haven't exactly given the series a stellar overall reputation, the original has endured as one of the most accomplished, intelligent and pure examples of the Hollywood blockbuster: it's all about raising your pulse and bringing your dreams to life.